Dear Diary,
Today was a great day. Because a very special pony came for a visit to my new home after weeks of us being apart. That’s right. Blankety came for a visit. And he didn’t even bring Lady Blankety, which he always carried with him so he could feel safe. He says he feels super brave with me around because I’m such a hero around Equestria. Hear that Diary? I’m a hero. A hero. A hero. I don’t know what for but I’m a hero and that’s cool. Maybe one day my portrait will be in the Hall of Heroes with my Daddy’s—oh, or on a picture on one of the stain-glass windows (all the famous heroes get shown on them along with the thing they’ve beaten)—oh, or maybe even a statue. Wait, no, I wouldn’t like to be a statue, that’s much too cold and still. I don’t like that idea after all.
Blankety was as happy as anything when I said we could go over to the Palace and meet all of my other friends. Before we went he was shaking as much as anything and he was super shy but it didn’t take long for my friends to make him welcome and he became more confident as the day went on. We had Dinner at home; Galloway, me and Blankety playing games together before we went in to eat. Mommy had made sure the cooks made something really nice for us since Blankety was coming to stay. And I’d told her what Blankety’s favourite food was so he was presented with like a bajillion versions of honeyed carrots. He loved it. The joy on his face said everything.
After we’d eaten everything the carriage came to the door (the fancy carriage piloted by one of the King’s own friends) and Blankety’s eyes almost fell out of their sockets. We took the scenic route round to the castle and then arrived on a landing pad reserved for special guests. Galloway and I were used to this but Blankety certainly wasn’t. He had the shock of his life when he saw Tia, Miamore, Gallophad, Loony AND the King and Queen waiting to greet us. Everypony had gathered together to make this day super special for him. I was really proud of them.
The King and Queen politely said hello and offered Blankety the chance to come back whenever he wanted but then Uncle Alicorn (yes, we’re that close now) had to go to a meeting of some sort and the Queen felt ill so had to retire to her chambers. She’s been feeling ill a lot recently I’d noticed, but nopony else seemed to say anything so I stayed quiet.
We went round to the gardens to play some games together. Miamore made Blankety get on one knee and took a REAL ceremonial sword, tapped him on the shoulders and said he was now an honorary Prince. I’ve never seen Blankety feel pride before but he certainly did now. Even though I felt sort of green that he’d got to be a Prince and I hadn’t, I still felt happy for him. Tia whispered in my ear that it was a good thing I was already one of the family otherwise I’d have had to go through this as well. Me, part of the family? It felt nice to be called that.
Then we started to play Knights. Miamore being the Captain and the rest of us being his Privates. Loony was given the role of General and sat down on a velvet picnic blanket. The game was fun and Blankety really seemed to enjoy himself. The strange thing was when I had played this kind of game with Blankety before he had always demanded to be the Lady trapped in a tower, but now he seemed perfectly happy to be a Knight instead. He seemed to have changed while I’d been gone; and I’d missed it. I realised how much I’d really missed him even though I had new friends. Thankfully this was the first of many invites to come to the Palace for him so I’d hopefully see him a lot more. We might not be in the same school anymore but we can still stay best friends through anything. Our friendship rules.
The maids came along with bowls of ice-cream so we stopped our game and sat down to eat, laughing when Loony managed to spill it all down her. Well what did we expect; she is a really little foal after all. Her nanny came down to take her to clean up and put her down for her nap. We waved her goodbye and laid down for a short nap ourselves. It was tiring work all of this marching.
Blankety was awake long before the rest of us. When I woke up I found him sitting up looking at the view of Equestria below us.
“You’re so lucky Diddy,” he’d said to me when I’d sat up next to him, “Not only are you brave and handsome and not afraid to be who you want to be, but now you have everything a foal could possibly ever want.” (Not actually making up any of them words; he really did say all that about me).
I didn’t know what to say. I knew I’d been lucky, really lucky, to get all the friends I had and all of my new family. But I was so used to being called unlucky and other horrible stuff at my old home, especially by my Mother, that being thought of as lucky felt really strange. Blankety seemed really out of it looking at the gardens and view; yet he seemed quite peaceful as well. I didn’t know whether he was upset or not. I gave him a nudge on the shoulder.
“You know, I think I’m lucky too,” I’d said, with a grin, “Because I have you as one of my best friends.”
“But Tia’s your best friend; you looked for her for ages,” he’d pointed out.
“Yeah, but it wasn’t until I left that I realised I was lucky to have you too. I like having you here. You need to come here more often Blankety—and next time—you can even bring Lady Blankety.”
He smiled at me and we both started making chains out of flowers. I made mine out of Daisy’s and he made his out of Dandelion’s, or Diddy lion’s as he called them and said they were his favourites. The others joined in when they woke up but not long after they started Galloway had to have a bandage put on his hoof. I think he knows not to try making a chain out of roses next time. And that was the end of the day. But don’t worry Diary—
We’re going back next weekend :) .
(See look, if you do some grammar stuff you can make faces ;) )